CVE-2020-36691

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CVE-2020-36691

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Certain versions of Linux Kernel from Linux contain the following vulnerability:

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion) via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference.

  • CVE-2020-36691 has been assigned by URL Logo [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.

CVSS3 Score: 5.5 - MEDIUM

Attack
Vector ⓘ		 Attack
Complexity		 Privileges
Required		 User
Interaction
LOCAL LOW LOW NONE
Scope Confidentiality
Impact		 Integrity
Impact		 Availability
Impact
UNCHANGED NONE NONE HIGH

CVE References

Description Tags ⓘ Link
netlink: limit recursion depth in policy validation · torvalds/linux@7690aa1 · GitHub github.com
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 URL Logo MISC github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7690aa1cdf7c4565ad6b013b324c28b685505e24
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 URL Logo MISC cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8
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Related QID Numbers

  • 199650 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6284-1)
  • 199669 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-6301-1)
  • 753980 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2151-1)
  • 753981 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2146-1)
  • 753982 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2148-1)
  • 753985 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2162-1)
  • 754005 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2163-1)
  • 754023 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2232-1)

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
Operating
System		LinuxLinux KernelAllAllAllAll
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
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